All Known Things - Eleanor Friedberger

The sun can set in scarlet

For an hour on the horizon

The clouds can all kaleidoscope

Right before my eyes

And the sweetest bird on earth could sing

The best rhyme of all time can ring

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things

All known things

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things

All known things

And at the exhibition

In the womb of the museum

I paid for your admission

But no kissing in the mausoleum

And even if you had a twin

I wouldn’t notice her or him

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things

All known things

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things

All known things

Walk along the ruins

And watch the haze dissolve the skyline

At the hotel we saw in spring

Abandoned now, decaying

Your beauty stands

(Your beauty stands)

Alone

(Alone)

Amongst all known things

Maybe suns in distant space

Will shine a little brighter

Throw a shadow on your face

And blind me with their light

Worlds we’re still discovering

Will give us better songs to sing

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things

All known things

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things

All known things

Your beauty stands

Alone

Amongst all known things